Saturday, April 17, 2010

[Cookie 073] Buttered Rum Meltaways

Hey folks, so I don't feel like writing a whole post, because I'm lazy and I really need to sneeze, so I'm just going to leave you with the absolute bare essentials:

These cookies were good, but not great. Probably was my fault because I didn't have any vanilla extract, nutmeg, or cloves, so I winged it and used my favorite cheat spice: Pumpkin Pie Spice! Cookies definitely lacked flavor, but they did "meltaway" like the name says. Also I was just shy of the amount of rum I needed, so really, I should be reprimanded. Whatevvver. Anyway, I bet they would taste better if you actually bought the ingredients needed. Do as I say, not as I do.

Yeah, so that's that. They didn't do much for me, but I didn't really do much for them in regards to putting in any effort. Shame on me. Well, next week I'm making some really great cookies, so get pumped.

Buttered Rum Meltaways

Makes about 4 dozen

Ingredients

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

2 tablespoons cornstarch

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

2 teaspoons freshly grated nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

3/4 teaspoon coarse salt

3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter

1 cup confectioners' sugar

1/4 cup dark rum

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Directions

Whisk flour, cornstarch, spices, and salt in a bowl. Put butter and 1/3 cup sugar into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium speed until pale and fluffy. Mix in rum and vanilla. Reduce speed to low, and gradually mix in flour mixture.

Divide dough in half. Place each on a piece of parchment paper; shape dough into logs. Fold parchment over dough; using a ruler, roll and press into a 1 1/4-inch log. Wrap in parchment. Chill in freezer 30 minutes (up to 1 month).

{End Results}Baking Difficultly: 2/5Ingredient Accessibility: 3.5/5Tastiness: 3/5 (But, don't trust my judgment)Attractiveness: 4/5 (I like how they look a little "rustic"--ie. ugly)Is it worth it?: I do not know. I think that's the first time I've said that.

I made these last week and they are good with the required ingredients. I do refer to them as "Grandma Cookies" though- they really taste like something that would go well with tea time! I bet if you tried them again- you might like them a bit more!www.indecisivebaker.blogspot.com

i just discoverd your blog when searching for baking recipes with rum and i'm so glad i did! i can't wait to visit more often and see what cookies you are baking up. I also can't wait to try this recipe despite you not loving them, i'm sure had you had all the right ingredients they would have been great. i've already done a rum cake and rum flan so on to rum cookie!

I am planning on making this cookie and had to check the recipe twice - your first two ingredients are: 1 3/4 cup flour, then 2 tablespoons flour. Is that correct?? Could it be 1 3/4 cup + 2 tablespoons flour?? Just kinda confused.

hey,i just made them, and was also a bit underwhelmed by their taste. i followed the recipe. i found that the taste was somewhat amplified with the icing sugar coating, but they still didn't taste much. to me, they're ok, nothing more.

Now What's All This About?

Ok so I had this great idea back in February 2009 to bake all the recipes in the Martha Stewart Cookie Cookbook, and guess what--I FAILED!

I will make every recipe, all 175 of them, before I graduate.

I will make more recipes, maybe all of them, but now I live a life of leisure where I am not so hard on myself. Ya know, I'm really into the c'est-la-vie-live-and-let-live-YOLO-hang-in-there-one-day-at-a-time-started-from-the-bottom-now-we-here lifestyle now. So we'll see where this goes.

Oh, and yes I started this blog before that movie Julie & Julia came out, so don't try and be a smart-ass.

I'm very bad at responding to comments (read: I don't respond to comments at all), so if you have a question, or want to just strike up a conversation about anything at all (new recipes? wood carving? wiffle ball?) just shoot me an email: everylastcookie@gmail.com